A

Amherst, Dr. Tupper settles at, 2;
farewell demonstration at, 9
Angell, Prof., Plenipotentiary at
Fisheries Conference, 184, 197,
361, 366, 367

Angers, Hon. A. R., 309
Annand, Mr., 67, 74
Anti-Confederation movement in

Nova Scotia, 42; delegation to
London, 44; Howe's pamphlet
on, 45-6

Arbitration, Fishery, 176, 192, 344
Archibald, Hon. A. G., and Quebec

Conference, 42; at London Con-
ference, 43; and first Dominion
Government, 54; defeat of, 60,
66, 70, 93, 94

Atlantic service, British and Cana-
dian subsidies for, 20, 217 et seq.,
269, 309

Australasian Colonies and Pacific
cable, 225-6, 232, 235-6, 238-9
Aylesworth, Sir A. B., 193

B

BALFOUR, Rt. Hon. A. J., 306
Barrow Naval Construction Co., 230
Bayard, Hon. T. F., on Confedera-
tion of Canada, 176; letter on
Fishery negotiations, 177; at
Fisheries Conference, 183; con-
ference with Mr. Chamberlain,
191; and Fisheries question, 347,
355, 356-7, 360, 361, 362, 364,
365, 366, 368, 369, 392, 393, 398
Behring Sea, seal fisheries in, 184,
185, 209. (See also report of Sir
C. Tupper's speech on Fishery
Treaty in Appendix.)
Belgium, commercial treaty with,
253, 260

Bell, Dr., 129

Benham, Mr., 230, 240
Blaine, Mr., 209-10

Blake, Hon. Edward, denounces
Transcontinental Railway, 137;
and C.P.R., 142, 149; and
"Pacific Scandal," 155; on Sir
C. Hibbert Tupper, 211; and
Liberal policy, 213; opposition to
C.P.R., 302; and Reciprocity,
305

Bond, Mr., and Confederation, 312
Borden, Hon. R. L., 207; and Re-
ciprocity, 305-6; proposed as
Conservative leader, 311; as
Premier, 312

Bowell, Sir Mackenzie, and first
Dominion Government, 63, 216;

letters to, on Atlantic service and
Pacific cable, 227-34, 235-9,
240, 243; resignation of, 308;
appointed delegate to Cable Con-
ference, 309

Brassey, Lord, 278

Bright, John, and Anti-Confedera-
tion movement, 45, 72, 92;
interview with Sir C. Tupper, 60,
61, 85, 332; voting on motion of,
95
British Columbia and Confedera-

tion, 37, 301; joins Union, 124;
and Transcontinental Railway,
125 et seq.; prospects of, 152

North America Act, 7; passed,
44, 51

North America, question of
Confederation of, 5, 244; political
condition of, 14 et seq.; Earl
Durham's Report on Affairs of, 24
Brown, the Hon. George, 8; and
Colonial self-government, 16;
and Union, 25; and Confedera-
tion, 39; at Charlottetown Con-
ference, 40; at Quebec Confer-
ence, 51; appreciation of 51;
quarrel with Macdonald, 52; as
plenipotentiary, 345, 346
Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of,
61, 62, 74, 77, 84, 91, 93, 95, 176
Burpee, Hon. Isaac, 163

Butler, Captain, 129

Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney, 314

C

"C.P.R. SYNDICATE," 140

Cambie, Mr. H. J., 129, 147
Cameron, Capt., 101, 102, 108, 112,
118

Mrs., 101, 102, 103, 107, 118
Campbell, Lord, 92
Canada, Union of Provinces of, 16,
25; and Intercolonial Railway,

33-6; and Union of Provinces,
39; Confederation elections in,
43; representatives of, at Lon-
don Conference, 43; acquires
North-West Territory, 124–5;
trade depression of 1874-8, 158;
effect of U.S. tariffs in, 160; re-
sources of, 168; tariff question
in, 169, 171; position to-day
resultant from tariffs, 171; na-
tional evolution of, 174 et seq.;
award in Fisheries Arbitration,
176, 192, 344; and Confedera-
tion, 244; and Preferential Treat-
ment, 244; coal supplies of, 245;
wheat-growing capacity, 245; and
Preferential Treatment for Great
Britain, 255; progress of, 268;
exportation of cattle from, 275;
and defence, 282; and steam-
ship services, 286; political par-
ties in, 299; Conservative policy
and prosperity of, 303; Catho-
lics in, 303; and Reciprocity,
304-5; trade improvements un-
der Confederation, 321; defence
resources of, 322, 330-2
Canadian Northern Railway, 134,
141, 148

Pacific Railway and Kicking
Horse Pass, 134; and Pacific ter-
minus, 137, 145, 146; proposed
formation of, 138;
"C.P.R.
Syndicate," 140; contract ac-
cepted by Parliament, 143; suc-
cess of, 143; and Nanaino and
Victoria Extension, 145; rapid
extension of, 147; financial crisis,
148, 302; proposed loan for, 149;
loan repaid, 149; flotation of
bonds, 150; "National Policy "
and, 171; mail subsidy for, 217,
222, 231, 234, 241; as means of
defence, 283; and "granaries of
Empire," 299; construction of,
302

Cardwell, Mr., 65, 66, 85

Carnarvon, Lord, and London Con-
ference, 44; and Anti-Confedera-
tion delegation, 45, 51, 61; and
Transcontinental Railway, 134
"Carnarvon Terms," The, 135
Carnegie, Mr., 294

Caron, Sir Adolphe, 214
Carrall, Mr., 127

Cartier, Sir George E., 8; and
Union, 25; at Charlottetown
Conference, 40; at London Con-
ference, 43; at Quebec Confer-
ence, 51; appreciation of, 51;
and first Dominion Government,
52-4; baronetcy for, 62, 85;
95, 97; defeated in 1872 elec-
tions, 130-1; death of, 131;
and Pacific Scandal," 154; 209
Cartwright, Sir Richard, 63, 168,
169

Cauchon, Mr., 163

Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J., as pleni-
potentiary at Fisheries Confer-
ence, 183, 196, 358-60; letter
to Sir C. Tupper, 183; confer-
ence with Mr. Bayard, 191;
letter from, 198, 202; and
steamer subsidy, 218, 222; on
Pacific Cable, 225-7; as Secre-
tary for Colonies, 228; on fast
Atlantic service, 229-30, 309;
and Pacific cable, 235-8, 240; on
commercial treaties and Tariff
Reform, 255, 307; and Lord
Strathcona, 313
Chapais, Mr., 54

Chapleau, Sir J. A., 310
Chaplin, Mr., 293

Charlottetown Conference, 39, 40
Cheadle, Dr., 129

Chesson, Mr., and Anti-Confedera-
tion, 46, 85

Clark, Judge, 151

Clarke, Col. and Mrs., 144

Cleveland, President, and Fisheries
Treaty, 191, 193, 347

Coal, exports of, from Nova Scotia,
30; Canada's supply of, 245
Coffin, Mr., 163

Colomb, Sir John, 286

Colonial Office, and Intercolonial
Railway, 19

Confederation, Quebec Conference
on, 5; Dr. Tupper declares for, 6';
Howe's motion in favour of, 6;
Sir C. Tupper's great part in, 7-8 ;
early proposals for, 24-5; ad-
vantages of, 28 et seq.; fight for,
39 et seq.; correspondence on,
65 et seq.; British Columbia and,
124, 301; Newfoundland and
Prince Edward Island and, 125-6;
and Transcontinental Railway,
126 et seq.; and Great Britain,
244; Empire and, 256 et seq.; Sir
C. Tupper's speech on, in first
Federal Parliament, 318 et seq.

Act (1867), passed, 44; scope
of, 128

Corn Laws, repeal of, and Canada,
20

Cranston, Mr., dismissal of, 4
Crow's Nest Pass, 133

D

DAWSON, Sir W., letter from, 316
de Salaberry, Col., 102, 104, 116,
117, 118

Defence, question of, 31, 322, 330–2
Dennis, Col., 103

Derby, Lord, 174, 281

Dickey, Hon. Arthur, 213

Hon. R. B., and Quebec Con-
ference, 42

Differential Duties, repeal of, and
Canada, 21

Disraeli, Mr., and Intercolonia
Railway, 19, 51

Dominion Government, First, 52;

and British Columbia, 124 et seq.
Douglas, Mr. Bryce, 240

Fisheries Question, and Maritime
Provinces, 17, 176; Hague
award on, 176, 192, 344; nego-
tiations for conference on, 177
et seq.; treaty rejected by U.S.,
192; acute crisis of 1890, 209.
(See also report of speech in
Appendix.)

Treaty, rejected by U.S.
Senate, accepted by Canada,
192; Sir C. Tupper's speech
on, 335 et seq.

Fishing Licences, question of, 75,
77, 79, 83, 84, 342
Fitzmaurice, Lord, 174

Fleming, Sir Sandford, preliminary
survey of, for C.P.R., 129, 133;
and C.P.R. prospects, 143, 148;
and Pacific cable, 232, 238
Food Taxes, preferential treat-
ment and, 244, 274, 289

Forster, Rt. Hon. W. E., and
Imperial Federation, 247, 256,
275, 279

Fort Garry, Riel at, 101, 102, 107,
108, 112, 116, 118

France and wheat duty, 290
Fraser, Mr. Graham, 206, 207
Simon, 129

G

GALT, SIR A. T., and Colonial
rights of taxation, 21; and
Union, 25; at Charlottetown
Conference, 40; at London
Conference, 43; at Quebec
Conference, 51; C.B. conferred
on, 53; and first Dominion
Government, 54; and Howe's
repeal campaign, 58, 62, 63, 75 ;
as High Commissioner, 174, 332
Galway Steam Packet Company,
British subsidy to, 20

Germany and wheat duty, 290;
commercial treaty with, 253,

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